Valve-operating system.



L. L. KNOX.

VALVE OPERATING SYSTEM. APPLICATIQN FILED DEC.21.1915.

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I INVENTOR i; 13;' l f6 2 x Mm@ Lk @@wM-Lwr QMS@ am A Wn s (d S 'L M WM n Md w gva ernten LUTHER L'. KNOX, OF AVALGN, LFENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO BIAW-KNOX COMPANY,

v OF FTSBUBIGH, ENNSYLVANA, A CORPORATION 0F NEW JERSEY.

VLVE-OPERATING: SYSTEM.

Speciceton of Letters Patent.

Application led December 2l,`1916. SerialNo. 138,290.

To all w hom t may cof/waffe:

Be itltnown that l, LUTHER L. KNOX, a citizen ot the United States, residingJ at Avalon. Allegheny county, Pennsylvania`` have inve lt-ed :L new and useful Valve-Gpemting stein, oi which the following is it full, clear, :ind exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings` forming part of this specification, in whichv- Figure l is a sectional elevation ot' a. valve operating system embodying my invention.

Fig. 2 is a section on the line I-Il of Fig. l. l

Figs. 3 and e are views respectively simiier to Figsand 2, but showing e nioditication, and

Fig. 5 is a detail view showing the conneet-ion between the nir valve and its actuating mechanism.

My invention. hes relation to valve operating systems, and .more particularly to mechanism of this character which is especially adapted for use in connection with the valves of the air and ges fines ot reversing regenerative furnaces.

An object ot my invention is to provide simple and eective mechanism ot this cher- :roter 'for effecting the operation ot a phi ralit-y ot' valves hy e single motive device.

v Another object out the invention is to provide mechanism of this character having e system in which the motive devices tor operating the reversing vulves :ire interconnected with eech other and with an air inlet valve in such a manner that the operation oi. either reversing?,- valve will also effect en operation of the nir inlet valve.

A still further object ot the ,invention is to provide. u system oit this character hirving ineens whereby the extent of opening movement of the reversing vulves muy he readily controlled without changing the ope ation ot the motive devices therefor.

The nature of my invention Will he best understood hy reference to the accompany ing drawings, in which l have shown 'the prei-'erred embodiment thereof, and which ivill new he described, it heling premised, however, that variete. changes may he made the details ot' construct-ion land arrangenient of the parte Without departing from the spirit scope of my inyentionas deined in the agepcndcd claims.

Referring lirst to that forntofpiy invention shown in Figs, l and 2, the numeral 2 designates :i gas supply tine having e branch which leeds in the usual manner to one end of :i reversing tiirnnce (not shown) und an opposite branch which leads to the opposite end of such furnace. Ll and -lza designzite two gas reversing' valves. These vulves may be ot any snit-able type und charcoter. ln the drawing l have shown them as being oit the sliding damper type and consist-ing of hollow water-cooled bodies. Preferably these valves are arranged to seat ololiquely across the ilues. 5 designates an air inlet placed between the two valves 4: and Ll and controlled hy the valve 6. This air inlet is tor the purpose of monientztily edmittiin; i1 smell :unount of air to the ges flue leading to euch end of the furnsce after the closing of the gas inlet control vulve (not shown), and before actuating the gas reversing, valves.

Efich vulve l and l1" is provided with a separate nctiuitin motor, These two motors nifty be in :ill respects duplicates of each other. ldnd one of tlieni will he described in detail. and corresponding reference numerals, with the letter n nflixed thereto, applied to siniihir ports of the other one.

T designates :i single acting hydraulic lziust port Sl. .liie downwardly moving 1i unheili') ot this cylinder carries crosshczid ll 'which l' .s in the vertical guides bill 12. The iuternicdzite vertical portion of the croselioqid is provided with un elon vertical slot i3 in which is mounted the or noch ot n weighted shezive lil. io it cuhl connected et one end to the valve 4e hy ineens of :i rod or linkl l5. and thence extending ui, vardly over n slieuve l5, thence downwardly and around the weighted shea. te il. and thence upwardly and connected at. its upper end to drum 1l having an ectu ating wheel. i8. The sheeve 16 has connected thereto nnothersheaye 19 shown as of larger diameter thenthe sheave 16 and to which is connected one end ot a cable 20. lThis cable 20 passes from theeheave 19 upwardly and over a guide pulley 2, thence downwardly and under a slieav'e 22 connected to the valve 6 in a nia-nner presently to he described; thence upwardly and around snother guide sheave 23 and thence down Werdly, its opposite end being connected to the ysheeve Sa of the other motive device,

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cylinder having nu admission port 8 and en The sheave 22 is jonrnaledlst upper por tion of o verticsl Weighted yoke 24 which has s. sliding engagement with the stem 25 of the valve G. The upper end of 'this valve stem is preferably provided `with an adjustable nut 25 for varying the sliding move ment of the yoke thereon.

F27 designates s bu'ier or shock absorber for the cross-hend il.

The operation is es follows: Assuming the parte to be in the position shown in Fig. l, and that it is desired to reverse the furnace, the gas inlet valve not shown) is first closed. The exhaust 9a of the cylinder la is then opened, whereupon the weight of the valve a will cause it to move downwardly, and this movement will force upwardly the plunger 10', the liquid in the cylinder exhausting at 9. This downward movement of the valve il Will ectuste the sheave 192 to Wind up on the left hand end portion of the cable 2G, thereby raising the valve 6 and admitting air through the port 5 into the iue 3 prior to the closing of the valve et. This sir will blow the `.gas in the iiue 3 into the furnace end thus insure its consumption prior to the reversal., Power is then admitted to the cylinder i' of the other motive device, thereby forcing its plunger /lO downwardly and opening the vslve 4./ At the beginning oi this. move-ment the turning of the sheave 19 will slack the cable 20, and valve will close of its own Weight. The gas inlet control valve is then opened.

lt will be noted that the Weight of the valves will always tend to hold the sheaves Qld, leli nt the limit of their upwnrd movement in the slots of the cross-heads. The amount ot' movement of each cross-head is substantially one-half of the nll movement of the corresponding valve. this movement off the cross-hemd ei'ecting a full movement oi' the valve. owing to the tact that the cable is doubled around the sheuve lei. it is desirffible at times, however, to limit .the opening-r movements of the 'alves el and 4a so thnt ther ill not he opened to their 'full extent. This can readily accomplished in the nrrni nient shown by actuating the band-ninfa, 18 to thereby slack. the. ,cable l5. This will permit the shcnvc ll to drop part wav down the slot ll.; end when power is ibscquently admitted to the cylnider Y, the filet part of thc movement of the plunger lf) will he an idle movement until such time the cross-head again comes in contact ,h the slieave 14. The valve l will then w ei to open7 but it Ywill be apparent that lne full stroke of the cylinder vvill only the vulve part Way, this depending the amount to which the cable l5 is 1 ln ay similar manner the slacking cable l5 will permit, the valve es to c a corresponding extent; ln this r provide ineens' 'whereby the extent memes oli movement of the valves may be accurately adjusted Without changing the stroke of the f motor plungers.

The modiliceti-cn shown in Figs. 3 and 4 shows the application of my invention to one of the sir dues of the valve and line system of a reversing furnace.

l'n this 'form of my invention the numeral 28 designates one of said air dues having the air inlet port 29 controlled by the valve 30 which is similar to the valve 6 before described. 3l designates one` of the. air reversing valves which is shown as being similar in structure and arrangement to the valves and la of the forni first described. The motive device for the valve 31 is in all respects similar Yto the motive evices before described, and corresponding reference numerels have been applied thereto, with the letter o affixed. n this form of my invention, the actuating cable 32 for the valve 30 passes from the shearve 19h-over a sheave or pulley 33, which is mounted on s. pivoted lever arm 34C. From the sheave or pulley 33 the cable 32 passes downwardly around the sheave 35 (which is connected to the stem of the valve 30 in the same manner that the sheave 32 is connected to the valve 6), and thence upwardly, its other end being connected to the end of the lever arm 3l..

36 is a connection whereby the arm 34 may be raised and lowered by the operation of s hand-wheel 37.

ln this form of my invention the closing" may be operated suhciently to allow thel valve 30 to remain on its seat notwithstanding the closing of the valve 31, or to remain open notwithstanding the opening of the valve 3l.

My invention provides a valve actuating mechanism of the character described which is simple in its construction, arrangement, and mode of operation. The operation fof the motive device for the air reversing valve etl'ects the proper operation of the air inlet valve. The provision of means whereby the extent of opening of the reversing valve muy be varied without changing the Stroke of the motor is also important, since this, together with the arrangement of the parts wherebyY the valves seat by their Own gravity when the motor Iexhausts are open, permits the use of simple single acting hydraulic motor..

l. ln valve mechanism of the character 

